see into
verb
(
intransitive, preposition
)
1.
to examine or investigate
2.
to discover the true nature of:
I can't see into your thoughts
Idioms and Phrases with
see into
see into
.
Investigate; see
look into
.
Understand the true character or nature of, as in
Mother could see into Mary very well and knew exactly what she was up to
. Shakespeare used this idiom in
2 Henry VI
(3:1): “Well hath your Highness seen into this duke.”